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Tom Steyer

トム・ステイヤー　/　とむ・すていやー

American businessperson

June 27, 1957 (age 68)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
businessperson
founder
philanthropist

My Take

Tom Steyer interests me because he embodies a tension I find compelling: the hedge-fund founder who turned crusader. Building Farallon Capital made him enormously wealthy, yet he walked away to pour energy into climate advocacy and Democratic politics, even mounting a presidential run. You can debate his methods and his outsized spending, but I respect anyone who treats his fortune as a tool for conviction rather than mere accumulation. The Stanford-educated banker reinventing himself as an environmental activist is a more honest arc than most billionaires bother to attempt, and that earns my attention.

Overview

Thomas Fahr Steyer (; born June 27, 1957) is an American businessman, philanthropist, environmental advocate, and Democratic political activist. He founded the San Francisco hedge fund Farallon Capital in 1986, and was its co-senior managing partner until leaving the firm in 2012.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tom Steyer
Name (Japanese): トム・ステイヤー
Reading: とむ・すていやー
Born: June 27, 1957 (age 68)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rooster
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: businessperson / founder / philanthropist / investment banker / entrepreneur

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Stanford University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.tomsteyer.com/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tomsteyer/
Xhttps://x.com/TomSteyer
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Steyer

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